Negotiated reorienting: A grounded theory of nurses' end-of-life decision-making in the intensive care unit

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 794-803

  Gallagher, Ann ^a   Bousso, Regina Szylit ^b   McCarthy, Joan ^c   Kohlen, Helen ^d   Andrews, Tom ^c   Paganini, Maria Cristina ^e   Abu El Noor, Nasser Ibrahim ^f   Cox, Anna ^a   Haas, Margit ^g   Arber, Anne ^a   Abu El Noor, Mysoon Khalil ^f   Baliza, Michelle Freire ^b   Padilha, Katia Grillo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d Nursing Faculty Philosophical Theological University of Vallendar   (Germany)

^e University Tuiuti of Parana   (Brazil)

^f ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF GAZA   (Palestine)

^g UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

End of life decision making; Ethics; Grounded theory; Intensive care

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NURSING STAFF; NURSING THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; TERMINAL CARE;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERNATIONALITY; NEGOTIATING; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING THEORY; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84926166201     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2014.12.003     Document Type: Article

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